Palaeocharinus
| Palaeocharinus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Palaeocharinus rhyniensis life restoration at MUSE - Science Museum in Trento | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | †Trigonotarbida |
| Family: | †Palaeocharinidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeocharinus Hirst, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Palaeocharinus rhyniensis Hirst, 1923 | |
Palaeocharinus is a genus of extinct trigonotarbid arachnids known from the Devonian of western Europe. The genus was first found and described in the Rhynie chert in the 1920s by Arthur Stanley Hirst and S. Maulik. The family to which the genus belongs may be paraphyletic.